Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-02
The Wild Story Of Senator Reagan's
Successor Blowing Out the Gas
Connected by Newspaper.
The Story that Mills and Grain Made
Him Def His Texas Garb ST
Baltimore Equally False.
a Deadlock In the Pacific Railroad In.
vsst1gstipg Commissioned Demo-
cratic Caucus Called.
CONGRESSMAN MARTINS DEFENSE.

| II. Martin, who succeeded Senator Res-
gan in the House, has been going the
rounds Of tie press. Major Msrtin wa:
stopping st Wizards, ana in turning CT
the gas preparatory to his slumbers turned
the regulator little too far, the apparatus
being Of the old style. The result was
that small amount OF gas escaped dur.
ing the night, but not enough to occasion
the slightest inconvenience to him. Some
! irresponsible Bohemian on SO slight q
foundation concocted the story that Major
Martin blew out the gas and it was with
difficulty he was restored to conscious
ness. Ridiculous and false as it is, 6
number of newspapers gave 1t currency.
The proprietor of the willard brands
the report as falsehood, and says it was
| the work of some newspaper man after s
sensational item. Major Martin, like the
| intelligent gentleman that he is, pays nc
attention to the absurd story, but num-
Der Of his Texas colleagues think it is an
outrageous shame for the Associated
Press to send out such ridiculous and
untruthful account with the result of
casting odium on one of the honered
representatives of Texas.
! Another story equally as untrue and RI
SCANRih N4olOl NAoA GANf was
printed by the New York Graphic, TO the
effect that Congressman Mills and Grain
met him in Baltimore while lie was en-
route to the capitol, and made him put
on an entirely Few outfit Of wearing sp-
parel, casting his homely gsrb in which
he appeared before his Texas constitu-
ency into @ cellar. The truth IS that Me-
j IT Martin arrived in Washington before
80 bo M T.
Baltimore. None of these stories, how
ever, have gained the slightest credence,
and will do no harm to the gentleman
named.
UNABLE TO AGREE.
Special to the Gazette.
WAsHIN GToN, Nov. 30.-There seems
to be no possibility of an agreement
among the Pacific railroad Investigating
commission. Lytles and Anderson called
on the President to-day and told him of
the situation. He seemed greatly dissst-
isfied, and told the commissioners they
must meet and endeaver to agree. The
trouble seems to be that two of the COM
missioners are ii favor Of funding the in
debtedness Of the railroads on long time
bonds at low rate Of inter
crest, while Governor Patter-
son, the chairman OF the committee,
wishes q vigorous accounting and some
prompt measures for immediate settle
ment. 1t is the maj )rity opinion, it will
be observed, that has been prevalent
among stock brokers for the past week,
and has raised the price of Pacific stocks.
1t has been given out as matter of news
and used in the market accordingly. One
report from the White House tonight is
that the President said he would send in
q report himself on the subject if no
agreement can be reached, but he still
hopes that to-nignt's meeting may have
some result.
DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.-A call for q
caucus Of the Democratic members of the
House of Representatives to meet next
Saturday afternoon, for the purpose OF
nominating officers of the House to be
elected next Monday, will be prepared
and will be authoritatiVely published to-
morrow. It seems to be generally under
TODD among the Democrats, the Star
0ays, that S Cox of New York is to be
elected permanent chairman of the eau
Cus.
SITUATION SIZED UP.
NV OO.-1Ac 1OSG III
the morning will print 8 series of inter
views with nearly hundred members
of Congress upon questions which are
to be presented to that body for It's
action during the coming session, and
particularly those rel ting to tariff, re-
duction of the surplus revenue snd postal
telegraph. The Post will summarize the
interviews as follows:
.l,1., a.. l. 1. ~
position with great clesrness His views
are important, in view of the great
responsibility which will be placed upon
his shoulders with the organization
Of the House. He believes in an imme-
diste reduction of the surplus revenue
now pouring into the Treasury. He be-
lieves in reducing the taxes which produce
those revenues at least $4,000 coo
aunuslly. His Democratic followers VINO
stood with Mr.. Morrison in the last Con
gress take the same position. Of the
few Democrats who have sided with
Mr. Randall who are now in the city
Messrs. MCAdoo, Stahlnecker, Wilnens,
Merrimsn and Ls1ler are quoted as
experiencing somewhat of a change of
heart. The sentiment of the northwestern
men-is that the free trade sentiment is
growing in that section. The Democrat
ic representatives. from Minnesota and
Michigan are confident that their states
can be made Democratic upon the revenue
reform issue.
Mr.. Lyman of Ohio, Republican, al
though he acknowledges he is
a protectioDist, comes out for 8
reduction of the revenue. Many
agree that something
must be done with the tariff. Many WAYS
of reducing the surplus are sug-
gested. Qaite number of Con
gressmen favor compromise, such
as taking the tax Of of tobacco, and
prefer reducing it on fruit and brsndies
The proposition to take the tax Of of whis-
KY hardly fnds a supporter. The question
of putting sugar on the free list finds
some advocates, but mainly among the
louisiana Congressman to
whom this is 8 vital Question, say their
state is divided, the northern portion i
heing in favor of free sugar and the gulf
-ection opposed 10 it. The Democratic
sentiment is in favor of increasing the
free list, adding to it salt, lumber
md the necessa'ies of life. Representa-
tive Bynum of Indiana thinks that good
ill to reduceithe tariff can be passed
without the suppors.of Randall.
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